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Abraham and Dora Lithwick fonds.
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn101236
- Collection
- Abraham and Dora Lithwick fonds
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Material Type
- multiple media
- Physical Description
- muliple media
- Fonds No.
- I0006
- Scope and Content
- Fonds consists of newsclipping about Dora and Abraham Lithwick as well as various Lithwick family members; a family tree of the descendants of Naphtulah Hertz Lithwick and Ester Bayla Lerner; a book of Daily Prayers presented to Harold Lithwick on the occasion of his Bar Mitzvah, September 11, 194…
- Collection
- Abraham and Dora Lithwick fonds
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Material Type
- multiple media
- Physical Description
- muliple media
- Scope and Content
- Fonds consists of newsclipping about Dora and Abraham Lithwick as well as various Lithwick family members; a family tree of the descendants of Naphtulah Hertz Lithwick and Ester Bayla Lerner; a book of Daily Prayers presented to Harold Lithwick on the occasion of his Bar Mitzvah, September 11, 1948, Audio interview with Dora Lithwick, 1974; Audio interview with Sidney Lithwick, 2007; photographs.
- Fonds No.
- I0006
- Storage Location
- A.1.1 - Individuals Boxes
- History / Biographical
- Abraham Lithwick (b. 1897 Ritziv, Russia - d. 1953 Ottawa) and Dora (Rosenberg) Lithwick (b. 1897 Rovno, Ukraine - d. January 30, 1980 Ottawa) arrived in Ottawa on July 8, 1921. They were among the large group of immigrants that fled Russia and its programs in the early 1920's. They operated, Lithwick's, a wholesale and retail store in the Byward Market for 12 years. In 1937, the entire family left Ottawa for Melbourne, Australia where Dora’s father, brothers and uncles had immigrated. Because of an epidemic of infantile paralysis, they returned to Ottawa 15 weeks after their initial departure. Another reason was the unexpected aspect that the Lithwicks would be starting again as immigrants in Australia and learning a new set of rules and regulations for business. Upon their return, Abraham Lithwick turned to real estate and became more involved in the Jewish community. He died in 1953 after a short illness. Shortly after, Dora Lithwick began working toward establishing a home for elderly Jewish people. In 1963, the sod was turned for Hillel Lodge on Wurtemburg Street. Dora Lithwick was a founder and first President of the Ottawa Jewish Home for the Aged. In 1975, she was instrumental in having a religious chapel added to the home and it carried the name Abraham and Dora Lithwick Beth Midrash.
- Notes
- 1. Dora’s father in Australia was working in real estate. 2. Interview with Dora Lithwick gives an excellent overview of shop life during the depression in Ottawa.
- Related Material
- Related material in Ottawa Jewish Historical Society fonds, Barry Lithwick speech, and a frequently reproduced photograph of Dora and Abraham Lithwick standing in front of their By Ward Market store in the Hugo Levendel fonds.
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Ottawa Jewish Archives
Abraham and Dora Lithwick in front of Lithwick's grocery store at 34 Byward Market Square.
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn102247
- Collection
- Abraham and Dora Lithwick fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w
- Fonds No.
- I0006; OJA 2-036
- Date
- [193-?]
- Collection
- Abraham and Dora Lithwick fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w
- Date
- [193-?]
- Fonds No.
- I0006
- Item No.
- OJA 2-036
- Storage Location
- G.3.4
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Ottawa Jewish Archives
Images
Abraham Lithwick in Rovno, Poland.
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn103022
- Collection
- Abraham and Dora Lithwick fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w
- Fonds No.
- I0006; OJA 1-417
- Date
- 1918
- Collection
- Abraham and Dora Lithwick fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w
- Date
- 1918
- Fonds No.
- I0006
- Item No.
- OJA 1-417
- Acquisition Source
- Sari Lithwick Green
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Ottawa Jewish Archives
Images
Abraham Shaffer fonds
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn101265
- Collection
- Abraham Shaffer fonds
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Material Type
- multiple media
- Physical Description
- 1 file; 1 framed certificate
- Fonds No.
- I0009
- Date
- 1932
- Scope and Content
- Fonds consists of biographical material; 1 framed document commemorating the silver wedding anniversary of Mr. and Mrs. Shaffer, June 1922, presented by the Board of Directors of Ottawa Talmud Torah (4-724).
- Collection
- Abraham Shaffer fonds
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Material Type
- multiple media
- Physical Description
- 1 file; 1 framed certificate
- Scope and Content
- Fonds consists of biographical material; 1 framed document commemorating the silver wedding anniversary of Mr. and Mrs. Shaffer, June 1922, presented by the Board of Directors of Ottawa Talmud Torah (4-724).
- Date
- 1932
- Fonds No.
- I0009
- Storage Location
- A.1.1 - Individuals Boxes
- History / Biographical
- Abraham Shaffer was born in Albany, NY in 1885, son of Samuel Shaffer (b. date unknown - d. 1917) and Mushah Shaffer (b. date unknown - d. 1923). Samuel Shaffer immigrated to New York from Russia. After landing at Ellis Island he settled in Albany and became an agent for a soda water manufacturer. He travelled to Ottawa several times during the summers and while visiting boarded with Jewish families. He eventually moved his family to Gigues Street and worked as a peddler. As a young man, Abraham went to work for an uncle in Brooklyn who was in the bookbinding business, where he was tasked with applying gold leaf to books. In Brooklyn he met Mary Baslaw and they married in 1907. Mary’s family operated a small grocery business without refrigeration. The shop operated long hours. Mary, who by then had two small sons, Irving and Harold, was also working in the family business and became very run down. Abraham and Mary decided to leave Brooklyn and move to Canada and spent a winter in Buckingham, Quebec, before settling in Ottawa. They would have a daughter Beatrice, and two more sons, Milton and Sheldon. In February, 1911 they opened Shaffer's clothing shop on Dalhousie Street. Shortly afterwards they relocated the shop to Rideau Street as Mary realised shops on Rideau saw more business. Eventually they expanded to include 143 to 147 and 147 1/2 Rideau. The store remained there until it closed in 1967.
- Notes
- Biographical notes on Abraham Shaffer taken from Milton, in Florida, on the phone, February 3, 2003. He added that the Shaffer's lived over the store and Abraham played classical piano.
- Related Material
- Shaffer's Ltd. and Harold Shaffer fonds
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Ottawa Jewish Archives
Audio interview of Mrs. Dora Lithwick by grandson Kalman Green (Sarah Lithwick's son.)
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn106838
- Collection
- Abraham and Dora Lithwick fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- sound recording
- Fonds No.
- I0006
- Date
- April 1974
- Scope and Content
- Kalman asks Dora (Rosenberg) Lithwick (b. 1897) about her life from her earliest memories in Russia to her immigration to Ottawa, Canada as a married woman in 1923. She tells her detailed story in a lively, heavily accented voice. She recalls how hard they worked building up their grocery business …
- Collection
- Abraham and Dora Lithwick fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- sound recording
- Scope and Content
- Kalman asks Dora (Rosenberg) Lithwick (b. 1897) about her life from her earliest memories in Russia to her immigration to Ottawa, Canada as a married woman in 1923. She tells her detailed story in a lively, heavily accented voice. She recalls how hard they worked building up their grocery business in the market and explained that they were worn out by 1937. They decided to sell the business and move to Australia to be with her father and brothers and start a new life. However, life for a newcomer was more difficult than they imagined and after just one month they decided to return to Ottawa where they began investing in real estate. The recording ends with a story of how they purchased a property on Bank Street using a pedlar as an agent during the depression.
- Responsibility
- Kalman Green
- Date
- April 1974
- Fonds No.
- I0006
- Creator
- Kalman Green
- Notes
- 1. Two tapes (Sides A - D) 2. Duration: Approximately 2 hours 3. Location: Various fonds box.
- Name Access
- Kalman Green
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Ottawa Jewish Archives
Audio interview with Sidney Lithwick
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn106788
- Collection
- Abraham and Dora Lithwick fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- sound recording
- Physical Description
- 2 cassette tapes
- Fonds No.
- I0006
- Date
- January 13, 2007
- Collection
- Abraham and Dora Lithwick fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- sound recording
- Physical Description
- 2 cassette tapes
- Responsibility
- Interviewed by Stanley Lithwick
- Date
- January 13, 2007
- Fonds No.
- I0006
- Name Access
- Stanley Lithwick
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Ottawa Jewish Archives
Family of Shammai Lithwick and Hinda Lithwick.
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn106273
- Collection
- Abraham and Dora Lithwick fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w
- Fonds No.
- I0006; OJA 1-418
- Date
- [192-?]
- Collection
- Abraham and Dora Lithwick fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w
- Date
- [192-?]
- Fonds No.
- I0006
- Item No.
- OJA 1-418
- Acquisition Source
- Rose Lithwick
- Notes
- L-R: Standing; Irving Lithwick, Reva (Riva) Lithwick, Arnold Lithwick, Lova Lithwick. Seated: Shammai Lithwick (b. December 29, 1875 Izaslav, Russia - d. January 4, 1964 Ottawa), Hinda Lithwick (d. October 20, 1879 Rovno, Ukraine - d. unknown), Shammai and Hinda were married in 1903 in Rovno. Photograph was taken in Leningrad in the mid 1920's.
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Ottawa Jewish Archives
Images
A framed certificate commemorating the silver wedding anniversary of Mr. and Mrs. Shaffer, presented by the Board of Directors of Ottawa Talmud Torah.
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn106053
- Collection
- Abraham Shaffer fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 1 certificate
- Fonds No.
- I0009; OJA 4-724
- Date
- June 1922
- Collection
- Abraham Shaffer fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- textual record
- Physical Description
- 1 certificate
- Date
- June 1922
- Fonds No.
- I0009
- Item No.
- OJA 4-724
- Notes
- The document is gilded or decorated with silver paint.
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Ottawa Jewish Archives
Images
Group photo at the Chateau Laurier in Ottawa.
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn105202
- Collection
- Abraham Shaffer fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w
- Fonds No.
- I0009; OJA 1-855
- Date
- [193-?]
- Collection
- Abraham Shaffer fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w
- Date
- [193-?]
- Fonds No.
- I0009
- Item No.
- OJA 1-855
- Storage Location
- vault
- Acquisition Source
- Melton Shaffer
- Notes
- L-R: Leon Fine, Mary (Baslaw) Shaffer, Abraham Shaffer, Rachel Fine, Barney Weiss, Henrietta Weiss.
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Ottawa Jewish Archives
Images
Guests and family at the bar mitzvah of Norton (Naftali Hertz) Lithwick.
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn106276
- Collection
- Abraham and Dora Lithwick fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w
- Fonds No.
- I0006; OJA 1-424
- Date
- 1950
- Collection
- Abraham and Dora Lithwick fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w
- Date
- 1950
- Fonds No.
- I0006
- Item No.
- OJA 1-424
- Acquisition Source
- Rose Lithwick
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Ottawa Jewish Archives
Images
Lithwick family portrait.
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn103024
- Collection
- Abraham and Dora Lithwick fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w
- Fonds No.
- I0006; OJA 1-410
- Date
- 1912
- Collection
- Abraham and Dora Lithwick fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w
- Date
- 1912
- Fonds No.
- I0006
- Item No.
- OJA 1-410
- Acquisition Source
- Sari Lithwick Green
- Notes
- L-R: Shifka, Abraham Lithwick, Shaul Isaac Litvak (seated) and Necha Lithwick. (Shaul Isaac and Necha Lithwick are the parents of Abraham Lithwick and the grandparents of Sari Lithwick Green.)
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Ottawa Jewish Archives
Images
The Lithwick Family seated on a park bench.
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn103021
- Collection
- Abraham and Dora Lithwick fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w
- Fonds No.
- I0006; OJA 1-415
- Date
- July 8, 1937
- Collection
- Abraham and Dora Lithwick fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w
- Date
- July 8, 1937
- Fonds No.
- I0006
- Item No.
- OJA 1-415
- Acquisition Source
- Sari Lithwick Green
- Notes
- Seated L-R: Mrs. Ballon, Sari (Lithwick) Green, Dora Lithwick and Abraham Lithwick. Children are Sid Lithwick, Harold and Norman. Couple standing are unidentified.
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Ottawa Jewish Archives
Images
Manya and Max Lithwick.
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn103379
- Collection
- Abraham and Dora Lithwick fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w
- Fonds No.
- I0006; OJA 1-413
- Date
- ca. 1915
- Collection
- Abraham and Dora Lithwick fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w
- Date
- ca. 1915
- Fonds No.
- I0006
- Item No.
- OJA 1-413
- History / Biographical
- Moshe Zalman Lithwick (Max) and Manya Greenberg were married in Moscow, Russia, in 1915. This may be their wedding photograph.
- Acquisition Source
- Irwin Lithwick
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Ottawa Jewish Archives
Images
Moshe and Faige Blair with their family in Chelm, Poland.
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn105119
- Collection
- Abraham and Dora Lithwick fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w
- Fonds No.
- I0006; OJA 1-436
- Date
- 1925
- Collection
- Abraham and Dora Lithwick fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w
- Date
- 1925
- Fonds No.
- I0006
- Item No.
- OJA 1-436
- Acquisition Source
- Ellen Lithwick
- Notes
- L-R: Faige Blair, Ellen (Chiah) Blair, Sam (Simche) Blair, Hanna Blair, Chanah Blair, Moshe Blair. (All members of the family, except for Sam and Ellen (Mrs. Irving Lithwick), perished in the Holocaust.)
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Ottawa Jewish Archives
Images
Mr. and Mrs. Abraham Shaffer surrounded by their grandchildren during their 50th wedding anniversary celebration.
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn105261
- Collection
- Abraham Shaffer fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w
- Fonds No.
- I0009; OJA 1-885
- Date
- 1957
- Collection
- Abraham Shaffer fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w
- Date
- 1957
- Fonds No.
- I0009
- Item No.
- OJA 1-885
- Acquisition Source
- Frances Shaffer
- Notes
- L-R back row: Howard S., Ingrid Shapiro, Dr. Ian Zagon, Stanley S., Rhea Whol, Stephen Shaffer. Front row: Wendy Green, Leslie Palmer, Dorothy S., Marilyn Kimmel, and the three boys in the centre are James (Jimmy) Zagon, Jayeson Shaffer, and Jeffrey Shaffer.
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Ottawa Jewish Archives
Images
Portrait of Ester Bayla Lerner.
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn106274
- Collection
- Abraham and Dora Lithwick fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w
- Fonds No.
- I0006; OJA 1-420
- Date
- [190-?]
- Collection
- Abraham and Dora Lithwick fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w
- Date
- [190-?]
- Fonds No.
- I0006
- Item No.
- OJA 1-420
- Acquisition Source
- Barry Lithwick
- Notes
- Mother of Shammai Lithwick.
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Ottawa Jewish Archives
Images
Portrait of Naftali Hertz Litvak (also Naphtulah Hertz Lithwick).
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn106277
- Collection
- Abraham and Dora Lithwick fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w
- Fonds No.
- I0006; OJA 1-425
- Date
- [189-?]
- Collection
- Abraham and Dora Lithwick fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w
- Date
- [189-?]
- Fonds No.
- I0006
- Item No.
- OJA 1-425
- Acquisition Source
- Barry and Rose Lithwick
- Notes
- Father of Shammai Lithwick.
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Ottawa Jewish Archives
Images
Wedding portait of Arnold and Rose Lithwick.
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn105516
- Collection
- Abraham and Dora Lithwick fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w
- Fonds No.
- I0006; OJA 1-422
- Date
- 1937
- Collection
- Abraham and Dora Lithwick fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Material Type
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w
- Date
- 1937
- Fonds No.
- I0006
- Item No.
- OJA 1-422
- Notes
- Photgraph was taken in Montreal. Arnold and Rose were the parents of Vicki, Harvey and Barry Lithwick.
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Ottawa Jewish Archives
Images
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